Phrase Hound found 93 phrases and 31 compound words that contain olive. The most common are listed below. Open olive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 93
- olive oilA vegetable oil, pressed from olives, and used in cooking and as a salad dressing; it is high in unsaturated fatty acids.
- olive treeAn evergreen tree, Olea europaea, that produces olives as fruit.
- olive branchA branch of an olive tree offered as an emblem of peace.
- olive treesplural of olive tree: An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, that produces olives as fruit.
- olive groveA cluster of olive trees.
- virgin olive oilAn olive oil obtained from the first pressing of the olives.
- black oliveAn olive picked after it has ripened; as opposed to a green olive which is picked before ripening.
- Chinese oliveThe olive-shaped fruit of a Chinese tree, Canarium album, usually eaten dried or its seed eaten as a nut.
- olive-backed pipitAnthus hodgsoni, passerine bird of the pipit (Anthus) genus, which breeds across southern, north central and eastern Asia, as well as in the north-eastern European Russia
- green oliveAn olive picked before it has ripened; as opposed to a black olive which is picked after ripening.
- wild oliveAny of several species resembling a typical olive tree from plant families some of which are only very distantly related.
- olive-backed sunbirdCinnyris jugularis, a bird of the sunbird family Nectariniidae
- olive juiceI love you.
- extra virgin olive oilA fine grade of unrefined olive oil.
- Mount OliveA locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- Mt. OliveA barangay of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
- olive greenAny of several similar green-yellow hues that are brighter and greener than olive.
- olive ridley sea turtleLepidochelys olivacea, a species of sea turtle
- olive flyA fruit fly of species Bactrocera oleae.
- olive shellAny marine mollusk from the family Olividae, commonly known as olive snails.
- olive fruit flySynonym of olive fly (Bactrocera oleae).
- olive-oilyWith olive oil.
- olive flounderParalichthys olivaceus, a temperate marine species of large-tooth flounder native to the north-western Pacific Ocean.
- olive pomace oilOlive oil that is extracted from olive pulp after the first press.
- spurge oliveSynonym of spurge-laurel (Thymelaea passerina).
Compound words 31
- olivineAny of a group of olive green magnesium-iron silicate minerals that crystallize in the orthorhombic system.
- olivewoodThe wood of the olive tree
- olivegrowingThe growing of olives for commercial purposes.
- oliviformolive-shaped
- oliviteolivin
- olivegrowerSomeone who grows olives.
- olivelessWithout olives.
- olivelikeResembling or characteristic of an olive.
- olivenessThe state or condition of being olive in colour.
- olivebackAny of the birds in the genus Nesocharis or Delacourella, found in western and central Africa.